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George C. Burmeister diary, 1864
1864-02-01
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they plainly proved him to proved him to be an agent of the Confederacy, sent here for the purpose of purchasing blankets gun caps &co. considerable money, federal and confederate currency, and five revolvers were found with him. He and his horse were taken on the steamer “Ella”. A short distance below here our boats were compelled to lie to by the storm that raged in the vicinity, we remained at anchor here during the night. It rained severely before midnight. February Monday 1. Left our moorings very early this morning and continued our course down the river without meeting with any incident worthy of record. I am sorry to say that some of our officers do not set a praiseworthy example before the men, they gamble from early in the morning till late at night, this of course has a bad effect on the men, who follow the example thus shown them by their officers, and this pernicious vice makes many a poor soldier lose the few dimes he had saved to send to his needy family, the tables in the cabin are crowded with players nearly day and night. This practice is in violation of military law and orders, one of my former sergeants was reduced to the ranks for gambling by the same officers who are now violating the law for the violation of which they tried and punished him, this is certainly a poor way to encourage and inforce good discipline in our regiment. We lay to again this evening.
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they plainly proved him to proved him to be an agent of the Confederacy, sent here for the purpose of purchasing blankets gun caps &co. considerable money, federal and confederate currency, and five revolvers were found with him. He and his horse were taken on the steamer “Ella”. A short distance below here our boats were compelled to lie to by the storm that raged in the vicinity, we remained at anchor here during the night. It rained severely before midnight. February Monday 1. Left our moorings very early this morning and continued our course down the river without meeting with any incident worthy of record. I am sorry to say that some of our officers do not set a praiseworthy example before the men, they gamble from early in the morning till late at night, this of course has a bad effect on the men, who follow the example thus shown them by their officers, and this pernicious vice makes many a poor soldier lose the few dimes he had saved to send to his needy family, the tables in the cabin are crowded with players nearly day and night. This practice is in violation of military law and orders, one of my former sergeants was reduced to the ranks for gambling by the same officers who are now violating the law for the violation of which they tried and punished him, this is certainly a poor way to encourage and inforce good discipline in our regiment. We lay to again this evening.
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